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August 16, 2017, 03:19:01 AM
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It is just my thoughts, I maybe wrong or maybe not. Bankers or owners of banks has the biggest number of BTCitcoins why? Because in due time they will be the one controlling it. In due time, it would be realized, soon be open to public and we can't do about it.
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August 16, 2017, 03:19:20 AM
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We will never know for sure if any of the governement agencies like the CIA or FBI holds a substantial amounts of bitcoin, that is if they can prevent such information from being leaked. I am pretty sure though that they have a good monitoring and tracking on what’s going on in the bitcoin community and the transactions that take place, be it legal or illegal.
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August 16, 2017, 03:20:40 AM
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That wouldn't surprise me.

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August 16, 2017, 03:29:31 AM
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Yes, the "government" does have a lot of Bitcoin. We will never know, and there will always be a ton of conspiracy theories about it.Isn't that part of the allure of Bitcoin though?

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August 16, 2017, 03:53:53 AM
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Do you believe the FBI holds the biggest number of bitcoin?

How would we know?  How certain are they?  We can't tell because nobody/no one would say how many bitcoins he/she has on his/her hands Tongue

Why You are asking about only FBI holds bitcoin or not? Bitcoin not made for only FBI.
But i think they must use it not every employ of FBI are using bitcoin but sure they know very well about bitcoin and may be they are using it.
Also FBI belong to investigation team, if they are using bitcoin, then it mean bitcoin is pure good crypto currency.
But you are right, we have no idea to know that FBI are using bitcoin or not.









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August 16, 2017, 06:25:25 AM
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Do you believe the FBI holds the biggest number of bitcoin?

How would we know?  How certain are they?  We can't tell because nobody/no one would say how many bitcoins he/she has on his/her hands Tongue

Excuse me, Where did you get that information anyway? the only things I know that the biggest number of bitcoin who holds it was China, because it has a large bitcoin mining farm in the whole world but not FBi.
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August 16, 2017, 07:37:38 AM
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I don't believe that. This is probably one of those informations that someone has made up and another conspiracy theory. Maybe some people think that because FBI has carried out some big investigations and takedowns of dark markets on deep web and thus came to the possesion of large amount of bitcoins. But they can't keep those bitcoins for themselves or use them. But I'm sure they are experimenting with bitcoin in some ways. 

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August 16, 2017, 07:40:41 AM
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I guess no, China supports bitcoin and others lot more than US government. I don't think FBI has anything to gain from btc as dollar is world's #1 money in usage.

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August 16, 2017, 11:19:29 AM
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I think you're referring to the bitcoin wallet that the fbi confiscated from Silk Road which contains 144,000btc. Been seeing this in btc news and other websites. But I don't really think that they are the largest btc holder simply because it was other's wallet that were just seized by them. Technically, it's not their btc.

You might want to see this link.
https://news.bitcoin.com/the-whos-who-of-the-bitcoinerati-the-new-1/

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August 16, 2017, 11:30:23 AM
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I never know if the FBI also holds bitcoins. If true this is good news. bitcoin can be received by the FBI, as we know the FBI is a government body against crime. They invest bitcoin maybe they think bitcoin is a good investment and profitable for them. It motivates me to invest bitcoin. I do not know the amount of bitcoin they hold. Probably in large quantities. Because this institution is a big government institution

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August 16, 2017, 11:52:53 AM
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Do you believe the FBI holds the biggest number of bitcoin?

How would we know?  How certain are they?  We can't tell because nobody/no one would say how many bitcoins he/she has on his/her hands Tongue

As to me, that's unlikely

They seem to be selling the coins that they seize in their raids and operations at auctions. For example, in 2014 they sold  a quarter of the bitcoins they had seized at Silk Road. I don't know what's become of the rest of these coins, but they might have been sold later. Anyway, it should be obvious that the US government agencies keep some bitcoins for their operations but I don't think that destroying Bitcoin is one of their primary aims or targets. Bitcoin is too good a tool for capturing criminals to get rid of it completely

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Do you believe the FBI holds the biggest number of bitcoin?

How would we know?  How certain are they?  We can't tell because nobody/no one would say how many bitcoins he/she has on his/her hands Tongue

As to me, that's unlikely

They seem to be selling the coins that they seize in their raids and operations at auctions. For example, in 2014 they sold  a quarter of the bitcoins they had seized at Silk Road. I don't know what's become of the rest of these coins, but they might have been sold later. Anyway, it should be obvious that the US government agencies keep some bitcoins for their operations but I don't think that destroying Bitcoin is one of their primary aims or targets. Bitcoin is too good a tool for capturing criminals to get rid of it completely

Bitcoin is good as a world political propaganda media, I'm sure the FBI keeps a lot of bitcoin accompanied by senators who are actively campaigning about bitcoin, the auctions they have made can not be officially demonstrated, as in the case of illegal drugs, they always take more from Just burned or auctioned back to the public.
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Do you believe the FBI holds the biggest number of bitcoin?

How would we know?  How certain are they?  We can't tell because nobody/no one would say how many bitcoins he/she has on his/her hands Tongue
Oh, an interesting question. But as far as I know the FBI is an anti-crime organization in the United States, I do not think it's economically active. Please let me know any reason why you think they hold bitcoin?
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Do you believe the FBI holds the biggest number of bitcoin?

How would we know?  How certain are they?  We can't tell because nobody/no one would say how many bitcoins he/she has on his/her hands Tongue

Is this a kind of another conspiracy theory stuff? There is no like a reliable news from Times or Newsweek or any other reputable media institution that is reporting such a thing. This is another product of an imaginative person I guess. Purely that.
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Do you believe the FBI holds the biggest number of bitcoin?

How would we know?  How certain are they?  We can't tell because nobody/no one would say how many bitcoins he/she has on his/her hands Tongue
Oh, an interesting question. But as far as I know the FBI is an anti-crime organization in the United States, I do not think it's economically active. Please let me know any reason why you think they hold bitcoin?
I think his thought is issue about FBI and BTC-e exchange, but I remember BTC-e exchange has said they will refund the funds of their user 45% total money they keep in this exchange, then 55% will convert to token from their IPO Smiley
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August 16, 2017, 03:42:46 PM
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Do you believe the FBI holds the biggest number of bitcoin?

How would we know?  How certain are they?  We can't tell because nobody/no one would say how many bitcoins he/she has on his/her hands Tongue

Is this a kind of another conspiracy theory stuff? There is no like a reliable news from Times or Newsweek or any other reputable media institution that is reporting such a thing. This is another product of an imaginative person I guess. Purely that.
In any action must be a reason. I see no reason for the FBI to keep bitcoins. I think that most bitcoins are stored on the hands of the whales. I don't like the most, but bitcoin is a democratic currency, and it can have all.

 
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August 16, 2017, 04:32:29 PM
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i hoope not !! i hope NEVER..
i dont want to work nor invest with any government .. so many corruption they can easily control  something
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August 16, 2017, 04:43:48 PM
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I don't say that they would not want to have the biggest number of bitcoins. They had the silroad bitcoins, rumour said they had the bitcoins of Mtgox as well. Now maybe some btc-e.

But I would not panic about that possibility. Because this possibility is very slim. The Usa government is known for its incompetence. So I would say if they try to do something the opposite would take effect.

I would guess they have none of the btc - all sold during the 2014 bear market.
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August 16, 2017, 04:44:16 PM
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If you replace "the FBI" with "the Government" then yes, it is quite possible that government agencies learned about Bitcoin's potential in the past.
And since that time decided to buy a significant number of coins, just in case Bitcoin will become a real big thing in the future (when 1 BTC will be worth 1 million USD or more in next 20 years).
However, this whole discussion is nothing but one big conspiracy theory as there is no proof to back it up.


Yeah I'm sure the government owns a lot somehow.   I thought it was the secret service
that seized a bunch, but the fbi did too IIRC.  Wonder if the government is paying taxes on their
gains...lol.  But I still wonder who's got satoshi's coins.  I always suspected that was the gov't.
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August 16, 2017, 04:52:49 PM
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No. That does not sound right at all. One could figure out how many coins they hold as evidence. Of course they don't actually own them, they are in possession of them until the convictions are done. There have only been a handful of seizures and most of those have since been auctioned off by the Federal government, which does own them.

Bitcoin owned by the FBI = 0

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